The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-10
baseball Notes.

President Stearns, Of Detroit has preferred
formal charges against Umpire Pearce because
he claims that Detroit offered him 5000 to throw
game
croft cannot get his release They are we'll
pleased with his management, and desire to
keep him.
Bob Ferguson has been appointed the
League umpire staff He was to have reported
at Philadelphia yesterday but for some reason
failed to put in an appearance.
Lincoln, Neb., is getting severa. of the re-
leased Association players. The latest man the
club has secured is pitcher Hart. late OF the
Athletics, who was released Wednesday.
During a recent game at Kansas City an
thusiast created considerable amusement by Of
fering the batsman $5 for homo run. So. 80 for
three-nagger, 81 for double and 81 for
single.
Just before game in Philadelphia recently
Hornung stood his bat the home plate and
stepping back, told Ferguson to knock it down.
Ferguson did it with the first ball pitched and
was loudly applauded.
Burdock does not think that the st. Louis
Browns would come in better than fourth in the
League. He alludes to the example of the Ais
ghenys, who, with a better nine than they had
in the American Association, are making q COM
paratively poor showing in the League
Conner of the New Yorks, leads in the num-
Der of home runs made this season, he having
five to his credit. Ryan, of the Chicagos; Dun
lap and Brouthers, of the Detroits; Wood, of
the Phadelphias; Morrill,, of the Bosrone and
O'Brien, of the Washingtons, have ca ch made
four
ITO home runs. OF these "a were scored on the
Philadelphia grounds, 10 each on the Chicago
and New York grounds, l8 on the Washington
grounds, l6 on the Boston grounds, on the In
dianapois, on the Detroit and on the ALLIE
gheny grounds.
Rumors are plentiful in Philadelphia base ball
circles that New York wants Bastian to play
second base, and that he and one of the Phila-
delphia batteries were to be traded for ORourke
and a money consideration. Another rumor
says that Buck Ewing was the man that would
go to the Quakers.
Arthur Irwin has fully recovered from the eff
fects of blow from pitched ball, but Manager
Wright will not disturb Barney Mclaughlin at
second base SO long as he plays good ball. Irwin
may be released, and if he should be it would
not be bad guess to name Washington as his
next stopping place.
An Eastern exchange says: at is more than
likely that the League and American Assoca-
a total abolition of coaching during games. II
done properly and not allowed to run to
treme, coaching is all right; but when players
gather along the chalk lines and keep up an in
cessant chatter and badinage with other
object than to rattle the opposing players, the
practice becomes nuisance and is a positive
annoyance to the audience"
Nick Young intimates that Quest will be re-
iustated when the Eastern clubs go West Joe's
laying of was the result of protests ty Indianap-
oils, Pittsburg and New York. The principal
cause, however, was the protest maQ6 Dy w ara,
of New York, who was declared out at the homo
plate by Guest in q recent game there. News
paper accounts of the game say that Ward
fairly out. but might have been safely home had
he not stopped at third to where the ball that
Conner hit went to. It is probable that Quest
will quit umpiring and go to ball-playine again.
He has been entirely cured of rheumatism and
is practcing daily.
Van Haltren attained his majority March 80
1886. He was born in st. Louis, but his parents
moved to California when he was but three
years old. Two years ago he commenced play
ing at ball as catcher, but after year at the
ceiving end of the battery he decided it was bet
ter to give than to receive, and on March Z 1886.
be played his first game in the pitchers box. But
FIVE hits were made off him. while seven men
struck out In his first four games he struck
out fifty five men; in game little later he
struck out three consecutive batters on nine
pitched balls, and in another game he made a
record of nineteen strike-outs in nine-inning
game